Sepia Saturday: And here comes Wendy with a baby carriage

I was an only child for almost 8 years. I wanted a baby sister. So I wished on every wishbone.

from Google Images

I wished on every birthday candle.

I said it out loud.
(I’m sure my parents were embarrassed.
But I’m sure they embarrassed me plenty, so we’ll just call it even.)

Eventually it happened.

Wendy and Mary Jollette
August 1959

And Momma made sure that baby sister was MINE. I fed her.
I changed her diapers. I dressed
her. When she was getting too old for
that second nap, which kept her up at all hours, I had to play with her and walk
her around and make darn sure she didn’t go to sleep. It was not easy.

Oh...great post! I was born in 1959...and I had two sisters who wished for me...they were 11 and 9 when I was born. They "raised" me too and then they both got married at 18 and I was left all alone :(

And I had that same stroller! And the sun top had dingle balls on it.)

Wendy, such a lovely story...and you are both pretty! My granddaughters are 7 years apart, now 16 and 9, she is good she comes many times to the level of the 9 year old. My sister is 5 years older, when she was 7 an I was 2, she took me into the village and left me there, she said she did not want a sister, so the story goes..like how you were looking after your little sister, but I guess it can get sometimes a bit much to look after a much younger sibling.

Lawd girl! LOL this is funny. I am SURE Momma made you be the mother, heavens knows she didn't have time with all that sewing and schoolwork. You forgot to mention getting be a new candy bag on Erickson Street when mine burst Halloween night-that is a true sister!

Just picture me doing the hand clap like Nettie and Celie from the Color Purple!

Oh Bob -- you must know that every year we watch "White Christmas" and sing right along with Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen. Our other tune is "Miss Celie's Blues" (or "Sister") from "The Color Purple." My husband will even sing a snip of one song or the other if he catches Mary and me doing something "sisterly" like saying the same thing at the same time.

This is the sweetest sister tribute! My favorite pic is the one of you pushing her in the stroller - you look so proud to be the big sister. :) I nominate your post as the best of this week's Sepia Sat. submissions.

I also did the wishbone thing and birthday, etc, but eventually, my parents had to explain to me the facts of life and that mommy's baby manufacture was closed for good, given she (and I) nearly died... The machinery had been surgically removed. So there were no cabbage patch or bees stories for me. I knew the real deal, and that it wouldn't be happening. So, I find this especially touching that you so wanted a sibling, and eventually got your wish. Great set!!:)~ HUGZ

What a wonderful and enjoyable post. And you are both very attractive.My Aunty told stories of her troublesome younger brother (my dad) as she had to get him to sleep (he was 16 years younger) before she could go out. She was certain that he deliberately played up to stop her from going out!

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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